Qualitative quality: Eight a"big-tent" criteria for excellent qualitative research

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 837-851

  Tracy, Sarah J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

credibility; criteria; ethics; evaluation; qualitative pedagogy; rigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049401607     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800410383121     Document Type: Article

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